Against Poverty and Social Exclusion - ESF in Brandenburg ...

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Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Women and
Family of the Federal State of Brandenburg
Public Relations
Heinrich-Mann-Allee 103
14473 Potsdam
Germany
www.masf.brandenburg.de
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November 2010
ESF-1071/001
Funded by the Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Women and Family
with resources from the European Social Fund and the Federal State
of Brandenburg
European Social Fund
of the Federal State
of Brandenburg
Against Poverty
and Social Exclusion
EUROPEAN UNION
European Social Fund

The Contribution of the
Brandenburg Labour Policy
The greatest causes of poverty and social exclusion
are unemployment and poor education. Work contributes
significantly to social acceptance and is the
basis for social participation.
The Brandenburg labour po licy
aims at improving people’s
chances in the labour market
and wide ning their participation
in education. People should
secure their own existence as
far as possible, live in dignity
and be able to participate
actively in social life.
Particu larly in change situations
such as the transition from
school into a career or in the
case of employment breaks for
family reasons, targeted support
is provided for people through
funding programmes. These are
largely financed by resources
from the European Social Fund.
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Lifelong Learning
Lifelong learning is the basis for securing employment.
With the help of the European Social Fund, the
Brandenburg labour policy promotes lifelong learning.
This extends from initial vocational training to
employment access, further vocational training and
qualifications for older people.
Constructive Handling of Risks
Breaks in career histories, such as recurrent unemployment,
frequent changes of job or career
changes, are increasingly part of everyday life in the
careers of many people. The risks in the employment
bio graphy cannot be completely eliminated. With its
programmes, the Brandenburg labour policy aims
to enable both employed and unemployed people
to face these risks constructively. Support for the
long-term unemployed is of central importance to this.
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Selected Funding
Programmes
The Starting Period for Young People
promotes the vocational integration into the employment
market of unemployed young people and young
adults who have completed vocational training. It is
aimed at young people directly with specific offers for
successful career entry and at companies, in order to
help them in their search for suitable applicants.
The Training Cheque
provides employees in
Land Brandenburg
Brandenburg with the opportunity
of further training, in order to maintain and
improve their professional knowledge and abilities
and therefore their chances in the employment market.
To do this, a grant of up to max. € 500.00 is provided
towards the course fees.
Active for Work
targets the long-term unemployed not entitled to
public support. The objectives are to maintain and
increase employability and thereby to improve the
chances of integration in the employment market.
The Regional Budget
gives all counties of the Federal State of Brandenburg
the opportunity to independently develop and implement
measures to help the long-term unemployed
on the basis of regional requirements and linked with
plans for regional development.
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INNOPUNKT
is a model funding programme, which looks
at and works on current priority issues in
labour policy. The current INNOPUNKT initiative aims
to try new ways of integrating people with limited
qualifications into companies.
Avoiding Prison Custody through Social
Integration
supports measures to promote integration and
careers for released prisoners and other offenders.
The objectives are to strengthen employability and
personal development.
Work for Brandenburg
opens up career prospects for older long-term unemployed
people by promoting short-term employment
in the area of public welfare. Thus, on the one hand,
social exclusion can be prevented and, on the other
hand, the local infrastructure can be expanded and
the regional economy strengthened.
All information on the programmes is available online:
www.masf.brandenburg.de
www.esf.brandenburg.de
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Selected Projects
Everyday Carers
This project, which is funded from the “Regional
Budget” takes two approaches: long-term unemployed
people from the age of 45 are trained as carers
in the social field, who then in turn look after those in
need of help over a longer period. The services range
from coping with everyday life to overcoming addiction
and debt problems. For the everyday carers,
their chances on the initial employment market are
increased. For those receiving the care and for their
families, living conditions and social participation are
improved.
Project promoter:
Tanmed GmbH; www.tanmed.de
Network “Avoiding Prison Custody through
Social Integration”
At the initiative of the Ministry of Justice of the Federal
State of Brandenburg in 2002 a network of partners
was formed to provide individualized services, which
are mainly targeted on job integration of released
prisoners and other offenders. Areas are transition
management prison/freedom, community work instead
of prison and courses for juvenile offenders to
avoid prison.
Project promoter:
xit GmbH; www.hsi-zabih.de
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Factor Q(ualification) – Facilitating and Securing
Employment
The INNOPUNKT-project is a trade union-related
project, which aims to support low qualified unemployed
and employees facilitating jobs and increasing
employment security. Factor Q cooperates with works
councils and the management of particular com panies
in the region, creating new ways into com panies for
unemployed people and qualifying employees by
organizing training courses at the workplace. The
key to success is to establish a network of cooperation
and support for low qualified people among key
people in the business, usually members of the works
council.
Project promoter:
Society for youth support of the DGB (Confederation
of German Trade Unions) in the rural district of Berlin-
Brandenburg e.V.;
www.faktorq-dgb.de
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